Curriculum: What you teach Instruction: How you teach Assessment: How well students learned TheProcess: Allows educators to work together as they learn best practices in education and to design a local curriculum that defines what the students should know and be able to do
The Importance of Curriculum
Think about when you first started teaching. Would you have wanted a clear description of what to teach? Clearly defined curriculum is especially important for new teachers.
Horizontal alignment insures consistency between like-grade classrooms.
Vertical alignment is important. It is important for teachers to know what occurs before and after students are in their classrooms.
Curriculum: What you teach
Instruction: How you teach
Assessment: How well students learned
The Process: Allows educators to work together as they learn best practices in education and to design a local curriculum that defines what the students should know and be able to do
The Importance of Curriculum
Curriculum and Standards